Sometimes I cannot decide what gives me more pleasure: to experience adventures through good books, or to go out and live the adventure myself. This is the reason why I do both. I have travelled to the Arctic and to other remote places in Canada for instance. These exotic locations inspire my mystery novels. My next crime novel is set in Labrador, called THE BIG LAND. But recently I have read some excellent adventure stories: "Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World" by Joan Druett. It is a true story of survival on the Auckland Islands near New Zealand. What a nail-biter! I couldn`t put it down and didn`t want it to end. Another great adventure book is "Beyond the Trees: A Journey Alone Across Canada's Arctic": Canadian Author and explorer Adam Shoalts trekked across the Arctic in four months - alone! He was confronted by grizzlies and muskoxen and bitten by thousands of mosquitoes. Shoalts is proof that real and raw adventure is still possible in our modern times. Writer Peter Heller mixed thriller and adventure in his novel "The River". This is a recipe that I use for my mystery novels, too. The locations are based on my travels and adventures. Then I pour a murder mystery into the mix. Some of my readers travel in my footsteps, with one of my books in their luggage. I can relate to that. I would love to go to the Auckland Islands to stand on the beach where the poor people were shipwrecked and where they built a cabin and hunted sea lions. Maybe one day, I will do it!